The Vertical Flight Society is pleased to offer free webinars on Challenges of eVTOL Infrastructure topics that were planned for the 2020 Workshop eVTOL Infrastructure. These webinars will provide insight from the industry for the development of eVTOL / UAM / AAM infrastructure. During these challenging times, we decided to offer them as free webinars are available to the entire community. Please share them with your colleagues. Here is the schedule of presentations:

The Vertical Flight Society is hosting its 2nd (Virtual) Workshop on eVTOL Infrastructure for Urban Air Mobility (UAM).

These virtual meetings are meant to maintain the conversation during the unprecedented times. In the first workshop in Sept. 2019, industry representatives and regulators focused on the "defining challenges" of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, identifying key stakeholders and strategies for moving forward.

This virtual Workshop, along with the in-person working meeting, is dedicated to Infrastructure for the purpose of identifying foundational elements needed to support the development of safe, functional and economically viable infrastructure to support UAM applications.

Segments of the workshop's discussion will dovetail directly into and leverage work currently underway by the International Helicopter Safety Foundation (IHSF) and the United States Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) in which the Vertical Flight Safety actively collaborates.

Note: The Community Air Mobility Initiative (CAMI) held a separate "UAM 101" virtual workshop for state and local decision makers on March 16th.

Provide an open forum to stake holders and interested parties from industry and applicable government and regulatory bodies to present policy requirements as they relate to UAM technology and infrastructure.

Identify collaborative research and development opportunities necessary for creating common sense infrastructure standards based on aircraft performance criteria.

Deliverables

Build upon existing safety data to identify pre-competitive areas where proactive industry collaboration would be valuable in accelerating adoption.

Identify collaborative opportunities between industry and government agencies which will benefit the UAM industry.

Organizers

Rex Alexander, 5-Alpha

Cliff Johnson, FAA

Notes: this event may sell out. Since this is a virtual meeting, members of the press are welcome to attend, but attributions made by FAA employees must be reviewed by the FAA Communications team.

There will be a limited number of sponsorships available. Go to the registration page to apply for a sponsorship and register.